We would like to thank Council Member Torres for hosting our first annual Torres Debates!!! MS 45 is one of the top MSQI debate schools in the league and host of our annual MSQI debate. Click here for the video of our MSQI Debate Tournament at MS 45! Council Member... read more

Our partnership with the New York City Urban Debate League was featured in the Chancellor’s Letter, highlighting the impact of scholastic debate. On March 28th the NYC Urban Debate League and Bronx Debate League hosted a debate tournament at MS 45 for the... read more

February 21st Tournament Feedback Please let us know about your role at the tournament. You are a .....*Teacher/CoachStudent/DebaterJudgeParent/GuardianNYCUDL Tournament StaffTournament VolunteerOtherThe Tournament Registration and Invitation process was... read more

NYC Summer Debate Camp Season has begun! The first NYC Summer Debate Tournament was held at Columbia University on Friday, June 10th. The Tournament was the culminating event of the 2015 Harlem Summer Debate Institute which is a week long debate institute for... read more

Dear Middle School Debate Schools, You are cordially invited to attend the NYC Middle School Debate League’s End of the Year Awards Ceremony and Pot Luck. Thank you to PS 161 for hosting our 2014-2015 Season End of Year Awards Ceremony. This is an end of the... read more

We wanted to thank Columbia University for hosting a panel on the importance of urban debate education and inviting Rock Stars from our Urban Debate Education Community this Wednesday! Jonathan McIntosh, current KIPP School Principal, Education Leader and White House... read more

If you missed our newsletter, check out these summer debate institute opportunities! All NYCUDL debate institutes are free! Girls Debate League members are also eligible for free summer debate scholarships at the Women’s Debate Institute, Bella Azbug... read more

The NYCUDL is offering free travel scholarships to all NYCUDL debaters accepted to the Women’s Debate Institute! That means the entire Women’s Debate Institute – tuition, housing, meals and travel is completely free for NYCUDL debaters! Make sure... read more

My name is Meghan, and I am a Program Associate at BALI. I was a trainee, then I was an intern, and now I am an official staff person (cool, right?). One big part of my job is to make sure that our BALI girls, and girls all over New York have access to meeting savvy... read more

Brooklyn Tech HS hosted its graduation ceremony last week and one of its graduates is the New York State Champion, Dante deBlasio. Dante, who is heading to Yale University in the fall, received an award for the debate club at the graduation ceremony. Mayor de Blasio... read more

Public Forum Team Awards School Sweepstakes Awards Public Forum Speaker Awards Public Forum Schematics Complete Results Thank you KIPP Academy and the Brooklyn Debate League for hosting our May Middle School Public Forum Debate Tournament! The national public forum... read more

Thank you to the KIPP Academy and Brooklyn Debate League for hosting our May Middle School Public Forum Debate Tournament. The topic for the tournament is Resolved: Committing United States ground combat troops to fight ISIL is in the best interest of the United... read more

Thank you to NYC Council Member Ben Kallos, Communications Director Sarah Anders, Principal Klann, the Julia Richman Education Complex Schools, and the 200+ students, teachers, volunteers and staff who made our 2015 Kallos Debates possible! Thank you so much for an... read more

NYCUDL Publlic Debates at Ideas City 2015 Festival on topics ranging from the death penalty to congressional term limits in a boxing ring at Sarah Roosevelt Park! Thank you One World Middle School, PS 161, and William Grady High School! Facebook Photo Album Link IDEAS... read more

Link to Kallos Debates Flier You are cordially invited to attend our first annual Kallos Debates. Thanks to the support of Council Member Kallos and the Julia Richman Education Complex, we will be hosting a citywide debate tournament on May 31st for NYC middle school... read more

Thanks everyone for attending our April High School Tournament! Thank you to William Cullen Bryant High School and the Queens Debate League for hosting!! Congratulations to all participants and all winners! Thank you to all our coaches, judges, staff, and volunteers... read more

NYCUDL April HS Debate Tournament WC Bryant High School On behalf of the New York City Urban Debate League and Queens Debate League, you are cordially invited to the NYCUDL April HS Debate Tournament on April 25th for a day of exciting, fun and intense debate... read more